Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by beached_whale on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @01:21PM
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I wonder if this would make a good startup. Allow people to share footage of thieves stealing goods. Allow varying levels of geolocation and let people suggest identities. Not sure what other precautions would be needed to protect from misidentification.
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Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:01PM
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> let people suggest identities
Have we learned nothing from Reddit circa 2013?
"We did it, reddit!"
How does it make money?
Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:09PM
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You can pay to remove videos of you off the platform, revenge porn site style.
Ooh, this is clever.
Re:Glitter bomb tricks parcel thieves
by technofiend on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:07PM
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Rental fees from people who want to put out exactly these kind of packages to deter theft. You'd need a high deposit to cover loss of the device. On the other hand mass-producing it would certainly allow both economy of scale and substituting lower cost parts than (for example) an off-the-shelf cellphone for video capture and streaming.
Offer cash rewards.
The system takes a cut.
Crowd-sourced bounty-hunting.
Of course, once it becomes a cash transaction you're dealing with dispute resolution. "I said it was Fred" "It wasn't Fred" "Yes it was! Pay me!".